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4 unusual facts about Mauricio Motta Gomes


Mauricio Motta Gomes

Maurício "Maurição" Motta Gomes ( ) is a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, one of the six people (most commonly known as the "Famous Five") to have been promoted to Black Belt by the famous Rolls Gracie prior to Gracie's untimely death.

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The Famous Five was a nickname for the black belt students of Rolls Gracie.

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Mauricio promoted his first UK students to black belt in 2005, Jude Samuel, Rick Young and Marc Walder.

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Other Gracie Barra World Champions who subsequently came over included Carlos Lemos, Victor Estima and Lucio Rodrigues.



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